I support this question and second this request. Let's say I posted a question in a site. After sometimes, I gain a shining tumbleweed badge, or a couple of comments suggesting me to submit the question on another site. Here, the answers so far suggest to flag the question. So to get the moderator to be involved in a trivial move. Another possibility is to cut and paste the question's content. This sucks. I say, keep it simple. With one click ('move to another site'), a destination site selection and a confirmation click, and the question is moved. Really. Think about it.
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Alberto De CaroMay 30 '13 at 16:12

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Users with 250 reputation can already vote to move their own questions to other SE sites (users with 3000 reputation can do this for all questions). The sites available as migration targets are limited though; this is what the dialog looks like on SO:

If you want to migrate to sites not on that list, you need to have a moderator do it; flag the post for moderator attention and tell them which site you'd like it moved to

Thanks for this infos, I still would ask for this, why I should ask for this or need 3000pts of reputation to do something like this in my own question? I think it's more immediate if an user can move his own question by himself if he retain is useful to move it to another StackExchange site.
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vittoMar 28 '11 at 14:51

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@Vittorio You don't, you only need 250 (see the first sentence of the answer). There's a small requirement because migrating to another site is non-trivial -- you need to understand the concept as well as understanding the target site and its policies. Even 5 3k users sometimes mess up and migrate a question to a site that doesn't want it
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Michael MrozekMar 28 '11 at 14:54

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@MichaelMrozek, This feature (moving to another site) doesn't seem to be working anymore right?
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PacerierMay 13 '14 at 6:08

@Pacerier It should work fine; it still exists at any rate
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Michael MrozekMay 13 '14 at 14:56

@MichaelMrozek So I should push the "close" button, choose "off-topic" (with a dash) and see that? Well, I don't and I have 500 reputation on that particular site ...
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LiviuNov 17 '14 at 14:09

@MichaelMrozek -> Questions about general computing hardware and software are off-topic for Stack Overflow unless they directly involve tools used primarily for programming. You may be able to get help on Super User. -> Questions on professional server- or networking-related infrastructure administration are off-topic for Stack Overflow unless they directly involve programming or programming tools. You may be able to get help on Server Fault. Do you say that the first two options (that I copied above) will just move my question if I push "Vote to close"?
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LiviuNov 17 '14 at 16:31

@MichaelMrozek (continued) Well, they don't say that ... should I just trust you and vote it?
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LiviuNov 17 '14 at 16:32

@Liviu No, the option to migrate says "This question belongs on another site in the Stack Exchange network". If you don't see that then possibly it's not available to people under 3k, even on their own questions; I'm not sure. You can flag for mod attention instead; I think if you choose "close for another reason -> off-topic" you should have the complete list of options. If not just choose "needs mod attention" and leave a comment saying it should be migrated
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Michael MrozekNov 17 '14 at 16:42

"Flagging->Closing->Off-topic" shows the same thing as "Closing->Off-topic". Maybe I'm restricted for constantly criticizing these sites (by example, this comments systime is plain idiotic: I'm forced to use a message box with the size less than 5% of my browser page)
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LiviuNov 17 '14 at 16:51

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I don't want to move anything now and, instead of asking one of the "helpful" policemen around here, I find much, much easier to copy-paste
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LiviuNov 17 '14 at 16:52

@Liviu ...ok. Glad I took the time to help
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Michael MrozekNov 17 '14 at 17:13